The paper analyses the welfare effects of immigration when some sectors of the economy are characterized by wage … bargaining between unions and employers. We show that immigration is unambiguously beneficial if the wage elasticity of labor … immigrat ion is ambiguous; little immigration then reduces the native population's welfare, whereas large scale immigration …

Destination countries are progressively shifting towards selective immigration policies. These can effectively increase … selective immigration policies reduce social welfare at origin. -- international migration ; selective immigration policies …

This paper studies the determinants of immigration policy in an economy with entrepreneurs and workers where a trade … immigration and induces a welfare loss not only from an aggregate point of view, but even from the point of view of workers. In … the politico-economic equilibrium where interest groups lobby for immigration, we show the condition under which workers …